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SOME OBSERVATIONS ON BRAIN ABSCESS

SOME OBSERVATIONS ON BRAIN ABSCESS Abstract THIS REPORT is based upon a study of the case records of a series of 125 patients having pyogenic abscess of the brain which was verified either by operation or postmortem examination at the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Montreal Neurological Institute over a 25-year period (19251950).* The treatment had been carried out by various members of the staffs of these two hospitals. We are much indebted to them for the use of this material. We propose to make certain observations on these infections and their relationship to the sources from which they were apparently derived. SITES OF DISSEMINATION RESULTING IN BRAIN ABSCESS Eighty-five of the series were considered to be derived from loci of infection proximate to the brain; 18, from remote loci, and 22, from sources unknown. PROXIMATE LOCI OF INFECTION RESULTING IN BRAIN ABSCESS It is evident (Table 1) that most of the intracranial abscesses of this References 1. Adson, A. W.: Pseudobrain Abscess , S. Clin. North America 4:503-512, 1924. 2. Atkinson, E. M.: Abscess of the Brain: Its Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment , London, Medical Publications, Ltd., 1934. 3. Atkinson, M.: Otogenous Cerebellar Abscess , Ann. Otol. Rhin. & Laryng. 47:1020-1034, 1938. 4. Brunner, H.: Intracranial Complications of Ear, Nose, and Throat Infections , Chicago, The Year Book Publishers, Inc., 1946. 5. Fraser, J. S., in Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear , edited by A. Logan Turner, Bristol, England, John Wright & Sons, Ltd., 1924, Ch. 36 , pp. 335-336. 6. Friedman, E. D.: Case of Cerebral PseudoAbscess of Otogenic Origin , New York J. Med. 40:1386-1388, 1940. 7. O'Brien, F. H., and Bender, W. B.: Localizing Value of Vertical Nystagmus , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 54:378-380, 1945. 8. Oppenheim, H.: Zur encephalitis acuta, nonpurulenta , Berl. klin. wchnschr. 37:201-204, 1900. 9. Stuart, E. A.; O'Brien, F. H., and McNally, W. J.: Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Its Occurrence, Its Localization, Its Sources and Sequelae , Ann. Otol. Rhin. & Laryng. 60:406-438, 1951. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Archives of Otolaryngology American Medical Association

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10.1001/archotol.1955.00720020226009
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Abstract

Abstract THIS REPORT is based upon a study of the case records of a series of 125 patients having pyogenic abscess of the brain which was verified either by operation or postmortem examination at the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Montreal Neurological Institute over a 25-year period (19251950).* The treatment had been carried out by various members of the staffs of these two hospitals. We are much indebted to them for the use of this material. We propose to make certain observations on these infections and their relationship to the sources from which they were apparently derived. SITES OF DISSEMINATION RESULTING IN BRAIN ABSCESS Eighty-five of the series were considered to be derived from loci of infection proximate to the brain; 18, from remote loci, and 22, from sources unknown. PROXIMATE LOCI OF INFECTION RESULTING IN BRAIN ABSCESS It is evident (Table 1) that most of the intracranial abscesses of this References 1. Adson, A. W.: Pseudobrain Abscess , S. Clin. North America 4:503-512, 1924. 2. Atkinson, E. M.: Abscess of the Brain: Its Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment , London, Medical Publications, Ltd., 1934. 3. Atkinson, M.: Otogenous Cerebellar Abscess , Ann. Otol. Rhin. & Laryng. 47:1020-1034, 1938. 4. Brunner, H.: Intracranial Complications of Ear, Nose, and Throat Infections , Chicago, The Year Book Publishers, Inc., 1946. 5. Fraser, J. S., in Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear , edited by A. Logan Turner, Bristol, England, John Wright & Sons, Ltd., 1924, Ch. 36 , pp. 335-336. 6. Friedman, E. D.: Case of Cerebral PseudoAbscess of Otogenic Origin , New York J. Med. 40:1386-1388, 1940. 7. O'Brien, F. H., and Bender, W. B.: Localizing Value of Vertical Nystagmus , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 54:378-380, 1945. 8. Oppenheim, H.: Zur encephalitis acuta, nonpurulenta , Berl. klin. wchnschr. 37:201-204, 1900. 9. Stuart, E. A.; O'Brien, F. H., and McNally, W. J.: Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Its Occurrence, Its Localization, Its Sources and Sequelae , Ann. Otol. Rhin. & Laryng. 60:406-438, 1951.

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A.M.A. Archives of OtolaryngologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Feb 1, 1955

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